Strainer



Nov. 22, 1932.

STRAINER Filed June 23, 1930 Li lllllllmfl INVENTOR J. SPERLING 1,888,245

Patented Nov. 22, 1932 r I i r UNITED STATES TEN OFFICE Application filed June 23,- 1930. Serial No. 463,059.

This invention relates to improvements in of which rests upon the shoulderiof said cone strainers, being more particularly directed or shell, such strainer 14. having a series of to a strainer which is of simple construction, apertures 15 therein, similar in nature to 7 comprising of a few parts readily separable, those on metallic strainer 11. The upper porand has incorporated therein a replaceable tlon 16 of the shell is cylindrical in shape, 5

and separable non-metallic flexible filter or and has an outwardly flaring flange portion straining unit. 17, which serves to maintain the flanged More particularly, this invention is to proshoulder portion 18 of the rubber tubmg 19 vide for a strainer or filter formed of a holin fiXed positlon, Once the samehas been 1n- 10 low shell in the shape of a frustrum of a cone, OVeI' and agalnst the cyllndrical p or- 6o carrying a plurality of filter or strainer ele- P II 1 The free end 20 of the rubber tubing ments, the larger of which filterelements is 18 apt d t b r wn Over and earned by fixedly disposed to form one of the bases of he nOZZle portlon 21 of the faucet. the cone, and the smaller of which filter ele- Although VarlatlOIlS ay be made the ents, comprising of a non-metalli and fl slze and shape of the stralner and the parts 6,5

ible disk is disposed on a shoulder formed formlng h same, It is to bell-Ildelstood t within the'shell to provide for the upper base the iIlYehtwh relate? primarily to a Str lner of the cone; the cone itself being carried by nlprlslng a plurality of filter elemen One a flexible rubber tubing mounted in position e g a removable D 1 e1 1 el ment Cardj t th h t d f th cone, d ried above a fixed metallic element, both 703. having its free end attachabl t th n0zz1e maintained in position in a structure essenof the faucet. tially that of the frustrum of a hollow cone,

These and other advantages, capabilities, a rried on a faucet by means of a tuband features of the invention will ap ar mg associated therewith,in a manner so that from the subjoined detail description of one first a spray of fi re W ter may be 11- specific embodiment therefor illustrated in meted from the faucet, and secondly, that the accompanying drawing, in which such strainer may be displaced in various Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device as P n W th respect to the nozzle of the fanmounted on the faucet. cet, due to the flexible coupling of the strain Figure 2 is a plan view looking upward er with respect to the faucet. 80;- along lines 22 of Figure 1. Variations may be resorted to within the Figure 3 is a front view, partly in section, pe of the appended claims, without detaken along lines 33 of Figure 1. parting from the spirit of my invention.

Figure 4 is a plan view looking upwardly I claim: along lines 4-4-. of Figure 1. 1. A strainer comprising a metallic ele- Figure 5 is a side elevation partly in secment in the form of a frustrum of a cone, 7 tion of the rubber attaching element. in the lower baseof which there is fixed a- Referring to the reference charact rs in metallic filter element, and in the upper base the drawing, numeral 10 represents an alumif which th e is Carried a removable flexnum or other metallic shell, shaped so as to ible H D-m allic filter element, a flange form a frustrum of the hollow cone, in the f rmed on the peripheral surface of the lower peripheral surface of which there is strainer adjacent the upper base, and a refixedly mounted the metallic strainer 11, havmovable flexible element surrounding said mg a series of apertures 12 therein. The flanged portion and interlocked therewith,

upper portion of the lateral surface 10 of said flexible elementbeing attached by its the frustrum of a cone, which is curved free end to the nozzle of a faucet. slightly inwardly from normal, has a shoul- 2. A strainer for fluids, comprising a holder portion 13 formed therein, which is low metallic element shaped in the form of adapted to carry the removable flexible nona frustrum of a cone, the lower base of which metallic strainer 14, the peripheral surface comprises a fixedly disposed filter, the upper base of which comprises a non-metallic flexible filter, removably carried on a shoulder formed adjacent the upper surface of said element, a flanged portion formed above said last-named filter and adapted to have interlocking with the same one end of a removable flexible connecting member, the other end of which is adapted to be carried on the nozzle of a faucet, whereby fluid from said faucet may pass through said strainer and said strainer may be angularly and laterally displaced. V

JOSEPH SPERLING. 

